U.S. Amateur Team West, Norwalk 2005

(1) Peters,J (2430) - Lee,C [B78] USAT West Norwalk (1), 19.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.g4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h4 Qa5 15.h5 Rfc8 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.e5 Ne8 19.Qd5+ e6 20.exd6 Qb8 21.Qg5 b5 22.Nc5 R4xc5 23.Bxc5 b4 24.Ne4 Qb5 25.Kb1 Qe2 26.Qe7 Qb5 27.Rxh7 1-0

(2) Richard,B (2176) - Kretchetov,A (2326) [B06] USAT West Norwalk (1), 19.02.2005 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 d5 4.e5 h5 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Nh6 8.c3 Nd7 9.Na3 Nf5 10.Nc2 Qb6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 h4 13.Ne3 Be7 14.Rf2 c5 15.Nxf5 gxf5 16.Be3 Rc8 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Re1 Ke7 19.Bc2 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qxc3 21.Bxc5+ Rxc5 22.Qxc3 Rxc3 23.Rxb7 Rhc8 24.Ba4 R8c7 25.Rfb2 Nb6 26.Rxc7+ Rxc7 27.Bb3 f6 28.exf6+ Kxf6 29.Kf2 Rc3 30.Rc2 Rxc2+ 31.Bxc2 Nc4 32.g3 hxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Ne3 34.Ba4 d4 35.Kf3 e5 36.fxe5+ Kxe5 37.Bb5 a5 38.Be8 Nd5 39.h4 Nf6 40.Bb5 Ng4 41.Bd3 Nf6 42.Bc4 Ne4 43.Bd3 Nc5 44.Bb1 Kf6 45.Bc2 Ne6 46.Bb3 Ke5 47.Bc4 Nf4 48.Bb3 Nd3 49.Bc4 Nb2 50.Bb5 d3 51.Ke3 f4+ 52.Kd2 f3 53.Bxd3 Nxd3 54.Kxd3 Kf4 0-1

(3) Zalecki,C - Hinrichsen,D [C13] USAT West Norwalk (1), 19.02.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Nb5 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.a4 a5 10.Qg4 Rg8 11.Nf3 cxd4 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.Nfxd4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Be3 Qb8 16.Nd4 Qxe5 17.Nxc6 Qxb2 18.0-0 e5 19.Qg3 Qc3 20.Bb5 Bd7 21.Nxe7 Bxb5 22.axb5 d4 23.Qxe5 Nd7 24.Qe4 Nf6 25.Qxa8+ Kxe7 26.Qb7+ Ke6 27.Bf4 Rc8 28.Rae1+ 1-0

(4) Rawlings,D - Roberts,C [A00] USAT West Norwalk (1), 19.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.Bf4 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3 c6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Bc2 a6 10.0-0 b5 11.c5 dxc5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.b4 Ncd7 16.Nb3 Nh5 17.Bc7 Rdc8 18.Ba5 Bxc3 19.Rad1 Nhf6 20.f4 c5 21.Bb1 Bxb4 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.Na5 Nc5 24.Rd4 Be4 25.Rxb4 Bxb1 26.Rfxb1 Nce4 27.Rd4 Rc3 28.Rb3 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Rac8 30.Rb2 Re1 31.Nb3 Rxe3 32.a4 bxa4 33.Rxa4 Rcc3 34.Nd2 Nxd2 35.Rxd2 Ra3 36.Ra2 Rxa2 37.Rxa2 Re6 38.Rb2 Nd5 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.g3 Re2+ 41.Kg1 Ra2 42.Kf1 a5 43.Ke1 a4 44.Kd1 Rg2 45.Ra8 Rxg3 46.Kc2 a3 47.Kb1 Rxh3 48.Ka2 Nxf4 0-1

(5) Zimbeck,D (2159) - Peters,J (2430) [B30] USAT West Norwalk (2), 19.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bc4 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d6 7.d3 Be7 8.g4 d5 9.Bb3 dxe4 10.dxe4 Nxg4 11.Rg1 Nge5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Rxg7 Bf6 14.Rg3 Qc7 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Rxg5 h6 17.Rh5 Bd7 18.Qe3 c4 19.Ba2 0-0-0 20.0-0-0 Kb8 21.h3 Ng6 22.Rxh6 Rxh6 23.Qxh6 Qf4+ 24.Qxf4+ Nxf4 25.h4 Kc7 26.Bxc4 Rh8 27.Rh1 Rh5 28.b3 Ng6 29.Be2 Rxh4 30.Rxh4 Nxh4 31.Kd2 Kd6 32.Bf1 Ke5 33.Ke3 Ng6 34.Ne2 f6 35.f4+ Kd6 36.Bh3 a5 37.Bxe6 Bxe6 38.f5 Bf7 39.fxg6 Bxg6 40.Nf4 Be8 41.Kd4 b5 42.axb5 Bxb5 43.Nd5 Be2 44.Nxf6 Bd1 45.Kd3 Ke5 46.Nd5 Bf3 47.Nc3 Bh5 48.Kc4 Bf7+ 49.Kb5 Kd4 50.Na4 Bg6 51.Kxa5 Bxe4 52.c4 Bc2 53.Kb4 Ke5 54.Kc3 Bd1 55.Nb2 Bg4 56.b4 Be2 57.b5 Kd6 58.Kb4 Kc7 59.c5 Bf1 60.Nc4 Be2 61.b6+ Kb7 62.Kb5 Bf1 63.c6+ Kb8 64.Kc5 Bh3 65.Nd6 1-0

(6) Kishinevsky,D - Landaw,J (2122) [A45] USAT West Norwalk (2), 19.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Ngf3 c4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.a4 Be7 10.c3 Nh5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qc7 13.e4 Rb8 14.b3 cxb3 15.Qxb3 Na5 16.Qc2 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bd7 18.Ne5 a6 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Nd2 g6 21.0-0 0-0 22.Qe4 Rfc8 23.Rac1 Bg5 24.f4 Bf6 25.g4 Rc7 26.f5 exf5 27.gxf5 Rxc3 28.fxg6 Bxd4+ 29.Kh1 Rh3+ 0-1

(7) Roberts,C - Maxwell,J [A00] USAT West Norwalk (2), 19.02.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ndf3 Nc6 7.c3 Qb6 8.g3 f6 9.Bh3 Ndb8 10.Ne2 Na6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Kh1 Be7 13.g4 0-0-0 14.f5 fxe5 15.dxe5 Rdf8 16.fxe6 Bxe6 17.Nf4 Rxf4 18.Bxf4 h5 19.Rg1 Qxb2 20.Qd2 Qa3 21.Rab1 d4 22.Qb2 Qxb2 23.Rxb2 dxc3 24.Rc2 Rf8 25.Bg5 Rxf3 26.Bg2 Rf7 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.gxh5 Nd4 29.Rf2 c2 30.a3 Kc7 31.Rc1 Nb8 32.Rcxc2 Nxc2 33.Rxc2 b6 34.Re2 Nc6 35.Re3 Bg4 36.h6 gxh6 37.Kg1 Rxe5 0-1

(8) Peters,J (2430) - Tatum,K (1999) [C14] USAT West Norwalk (3), 20.02.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 Nb6 9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.0-0-0 Bd7 13.g4 0-0-0 14.Rhg1 Kb8 15.h4 Rc8 16.h5 Na5 17.Ne2 Nac4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qd4 Qa5 20.Kb1 Qb5 21.Rd3 Na3+ 22.Rxa3 Qxe2 23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Nxd2 f6 25.Rf3 Rhf8 26.Rgg3 Rc5 27.c3 Rcc8 28.Nb3 Rf7 29.Nd4 fxe5 30.fxe5 Rcf8 31.Kc2 Kc7 32.Kd2 Kd8 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Rf3 Ke7 35.Ke3 h6 36.Rf4 Be8 37.Nf3 Rxf4 38.Kxf4 g5+ 39.Nxg5 hxg5+ 40.Kxg5 Kf7 41.Kh6 Bb5 42.g5 Bd3 43.g6+ Kg8 44.Kg5 Bf5 45.Kf6 Bg4 46.h6 Bh5 47.h7+ Kh8 48.Kg5 1-0

(9) Oldham,D - Roberts,C [A00] USAT West Norwalk (3), 20.02.2005 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.a4 a5 9.Nge2 Nxc4 10.Nf4 Nxe3 11.fxe3 0-0 12.Bc4 e6 13.d5 e5 14.0-0 exf4 15.Rxf4 Bh6 16.Rf1 Bxe3+ 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.Qf3 Bg5 19.Ba2 Ne5 20.Qd1 Qb6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.b3 Bg4 23.Qe1 Rac8 24.h3 Bd7 25.Rd1 f5 26.Nd2 Qb4 27.Qg3 Rc2 28.Rf4 Rxd2 29.Rxb4 Rxd1+ 30.Kh2 axb4 31.Qf4 Rc8 0-1

(10) Moussa,A (2236) - Peters,J (2430) [E73] USAT West Norwalk (4), 20.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.Qd2 Nc5 10.f3 Nh5 11.0-0-0 Kh7 12.g4 Nf4 13.h4 f5 14.h5 fxg4 15.hxg6+ Kg8 16.fxg4 Qf6 17.b4 Na6 18.a3 Qxg6 19.Nf3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bxg4 21.Rdg1 Bxf3 22.Rxg6 Bxe2 23.Nxe2 Kh7 24.Re6 Rae8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Ng3 Rf8 27.Nf5 Rf6 28.c5 dxc5 29.bxc5 Bf8 30.d6 cxd6 31.cxd6 Bxd6 32.Bxh6 Bxa3+ 33.Kd1 Kg6 34.Rg1+ Kf7 35.Rg7+ Ke6 36.Rxb7 Rf7 37.Rb5 Nc5 38.Ng7+ Kf6 39.Ne8+ Kg6 40.Bc1 Rf1+ 41.Kd2 Rxc1 0-1

(11) Gutman,J - Aeria,R [B07] USAT West Norwalk (4), 20.02.2005 1.e4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Nge2 Nb4 11.f3 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 a6 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Qd2 c6 15.Qxd6 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Be5 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.Na4 Nxa4 20.Bxe5 Bxc4 21.Bf6 1-0

(12) Roberts,C - Newhall,P [A00] USAT West Norwalk (4), 20.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Re1 Nf6 7.c3 0-0 8.e5 Ne8 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nc3 d6 12.h3 Be6 13.Qe2 Nc7 14.Bg5 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Rab8 16.b3 dxe5 17.dxe5 h6 18.Be3 Qb7 19.Bc5 Nd5 20.Na4 g5 21.Nd4 Nf4 22.Qe3 Bd5 23.f3 e6 24.Bd6 Ra8 25.Nc5 Qc8 26.Kh2 f5 27.g3 Ng6 28.f4 gxf4 29.gxf4 Kf7 30.Rg1 Rg8 31.Rg3 Bf8 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 33.Rdg1 Kf7 34.Ne2 Qc7 35.Nc3 Ne7 36.Qe2 Rxg3 37.Rxg3 Rg8 38.Qh5+ Ng6 39.Qxh6 Qa5 40.N5a4 Qd8 41.Qh5 Qh4 42.Qxh4 Nxh4 43.Rxg8 Kxg8 44.Kg3 Ng6 45.Nc5 Kf7 46.h4 Nf8 47.b4 Bc4 48.a3 Kg6 49.Nb7 Kh5 50.Nd8 Bd5 51.Nxd5 cxd5 52.Nc6 a6 53.Nd4 Kg6 54.a4 Kf7 55.b5 axb5 56.axb5 Ke7 57.h5 Kd7 58.Kh4 Kc7 59.Kg5 Kb6 60.h6 Kc5 61.Kf6 Nh7+ 62.Kg7 Kxd4 63.Kxh7 Kc3 64.b6 d4 65.b7 d3 66.b8Q d2 67.Qd6 Kc2 68.Kg7 d1Q 69.Qxd1+ Kxd1 70.h7 Ke2 71.h8Q Ke3 72.Qh4 Ke4 73.Kf6 Ke3 74.Qg3+ Ke4 75.Kxe6 Kd4 76.Kxf5 Kd5 77.Kf6 Kc5 78.e6 Kc6 79.Qd3 1-0

(13) Tan,J - Alejandrino,F [B13] USAT West Norwalk (4), 20.02.2005 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Bf4 0-0 10.Rc1 a6 11.Qd2 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Bb4 14.Qc2 h6 15.a3 Bd6 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Nd2 Qh4 18.g3 Qh5 19.Rfe1 f5 20.f4 Rfe8 21.Qb3 Qf7 22.Bf2 g5 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Kh1 f4 25.Bf1 Kg7 26.Bg2 Ne7 27.Nf3 Rh8 28.Ne5 Qh5 29.Nxg4 Qxg4 30.Qxb7 Rxh2+ 31.Kg1 Re8 32.Rc6 fxg3 33.Be3 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Qe4+ 35.Kf1 Rf8+ 36.Ke2 Rf2+ 37.Kd1 Qb1+ 38.Bc1 Qd3+ 39.Bd2 Qxd2# 0-1

(14) Houzvicka,J - Oldham,D [D03] USAT West Norwalk (4), 20.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 b6 6.c3 0-0 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.Ne5 Bc8 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bb1 g5 14.Bg3 Nfd7 15.Qd1 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf6 17.f4 Nd7 18.Qc2 Re8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Bd6+ Re7 21.0-0 Bg7 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Rxf7+ Kxf7 24.Bg6+ Kf8 25.Rf1+ Nf6 26.Rxf6+ 1-0

(15) Timokhina,J - Nielsen,D [A60] USAT West Norwalk (4), 20.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.e4 g6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Ne2 Bg7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Nc3 a6 15.a4 b6 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Qc4 Ra8 18.Qe2 Be5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.h3 Nh5 22.Qf3 Ra7 23.Re3 Rb7 24.Rde1 b5 25.a5 Rbe7 26.g4 Nf6 27.h4 h5 28.gxh5 Nxh5 29.Qg2 Nf4 30.Qg5 Qxg5+ 31.hxg5 Re5 32.Rg3 b4 33.Rg4 bxc3 34.Rxf4 Rxg5+ 35.Kf1 cxb2 36.Rf3 Rxd5 37.Rb1 Rxe4 38.Rxb2 Rb4 39.Ra2 Kg7 40.Ke2 c4 41.Rc3 Rc5 42.Ke3 Rb3 43.Kd4 Rxc3 44.Kxc3 d5 45.Kd4 Rb5 46.Ra1 f6 47.Ra2 g5 48.Ke3 Kg6 49.f4 g4 50.Kd4 Kf5 51.Ke3 g3 0-1

(16) Van Buskirk,C (2293) - Peters,J (2430) [A45] USAT West Norwalk (5), 21.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd3 c5 7.e5 Qe7 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 b6 10.0-0-0 Nc6 11.dxc5 Qg5+ 12.Kb1 Qxe5 13.Qxe5 Nxe5 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Bb5 Bb7 16.Nf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ke7 18.f4 Nc6 19.Rd3 g5 20.Rhd1 Ra7 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.h3 Ne5 23.Rb3 Rh4 24.Bf1 Rb7 25.c3 Rf4 26.Rd2 d5 27.Rb4 Rxb4 28.cxb4 b5 29.b3 Kd6 30.Rc2 Nc6 31.Kb2 e5 32.Rc5 Nd4 33.Kc3 Ra7 34.Kb2 Rb7 35.Kc3 Ra7 36.Kb2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

(17) Kretchetov,A (2326) - Zimbeck,D (2159) [A65] USAT West Norwalk (5), 21.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Be7 7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 Re8 9.Bd3 c4 10.Bc2 b5 11.a3 Ng4 12.0-0 f5 13.h3 fxe4 14.hxg4 exf3 15.Qxf3 Bf6 16.g5 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 a6 18.f5 Ra7 19.f6 gxf6 20.gxf6 Rf7 21.Ne4 Re5 22.Bf4 Rxe4 23.Qxe4 Qxf6 24.Bxd6 Qxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kh2 Bg1+ 27.Kg3 Bf2+ 1/2-1/2